Journal of Islamic International Medical College (Dec 2021)

Viral Load and Alanine Amino Transferase (ALT) in Hepatitis B Positive Individuals at a Tertiary Level Care Hospital

  • Hammad Ayaz, Huma Mahmood Mughal, Muhammad Ayaz Bhatti

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 4
pp. 188 – 191

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Objective: Objective of the study is to see the Co-relation in between ALT and viral load of HBV positive individuals in a tertiary care facility of Rawalpindi. Study Design: This was a cross sectional study using facility based data of diagnosed and treated patients. Place and Duration of Study: Study was conducted during the first six months of 2019 from first January to 30th June at liver center Holy family Hospital. Materials and Methods: This was a cross sectional study carried out in a tertiary level care facility of Rawalpindi, the duration of the study was from January 2019 to June 2019. All patients with HBV positive and age above 18 years investigated admitted recorded followed up from January 2019 to June 2019 were included. Sampling method was Non-probability universal sampling. Data was collected through questionnaire mentioning all the required variables. Data was entered and analyzed by using Statistical package for social sciences version 21 for frequencies cross tabulations and co relation. Results: Co-relation was checked in between the ALT and viral load. It was observed that apparently there is no co relation in between the ALT and the amount of viral load. Statistically there is slightly negative correlation in between the ALT and the viral load and even it can be said no co-relation. Conclusion: ALT is not the true representative of viral load in hepatitis B. A low ALT can present with high viral load and high ALT can be found with low viral load. Therefore the treatment and prognostic models should not be only relied upon ALT as commonly done by the general practitioners.

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